Rail News

Technically, says a Nov. 2 notice in the Federal Register, anyone who wants to comment on Surface Tr

U.S. bulk rail traffic managed a mild gain in the latest week - the fourth complete week in October

A key measure of factory activity weakened in October to levels not seen since spring, sapping manuf

Genesee & Wyoming, an operator of various short line railroads, reported a $16.2 million profit

Pacer International's net profit in the third quarter fell 27 percent compared to the same quarter a

Shippers on short line railroads may be able to challenge "paper barriers" that lock in their cross-

Canadian Pacific Railway saw net income jump 34 percent in the July-September quarter, fueled by cur

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Short line and regional railroad operator Genesee & Wyomi

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The North American "on-highway truck industry" may have c

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Rail equipment supplier Greenbrier will enter the tank ca

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.An Independent Review Board declined to hear internal emb

GATX, which controls and leases one of the largest railcar fleets in the world, earned a profit of $

Wabtec Corporation, a global provider of value-added, technology-based products and services for the

The Mayo Clinic, a longtime critic of the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's expansion plans,

Freight traffic on U.S. railroads continued its long spiral into week 42 as intermodal and housing r

Kansas City Southern Railway will try to win approval next year from U.S. and Mexican authorities to

Wildfires throughout Southern California caused the intermittent closing of the BNSF Railway's main

Kansas City Southern, which operates the smallest of the top-tier Class I railroads in North America

Railroads have won a delay, at least, in the Surface Transportation Board's plan to impose a tougher

Eastern-U.S. railroad Norfolk Southern's third-quarter net income of $386 million was down from $416

Canadian National Railway profits totaled C$485 million (US$475 million) in the third quarter, down

BNSF earned a record $1 billion in operating income in the third quarter despite rising costs and so

Big intermodal service provider Hub Group reported a big 23 percent gain in net income, to $16.6 mil

When Hub Group, one of the largest intermodal marketing firms, said its Comtrak Logistics unit was b

Short line and regional railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming is adding another set of tracks to i

The Teamsters will have to go ahead and directly handle internal embezzlement charges against the ch

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Norfolk Southern Railway put new-era brakes into regular

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The United Transportation Union urged CSX Transportation

The freight railcar industry shrank further in the third quarter, as equipment makers booked their l

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.A small railroad company that now operates no track at al

Norfolk Southern Railway put new-era brakes into regular revenue service for the first time, opening

U.S. Rail traffic slipped further in the hole in the week ending Oct. 13 after slight improvements i

Union Pacific boosted earnings 27 percent in the third quarter while improving service, efficiency a

Maersk Line plans to provide intermodal rail service to some inland United States cities that it dro

Canadian National Railway on Monday began operations at its Prince George, British Columbia, intermo

CSX Transportation was hauling 4 percent less freight in the third quarter than a year ago, but it w

The United Transportation Union urged CSX to oust it chief executive, while a big hedge fund investo

Canadian National Railway's Prince Rupert strategy - to use a new on-dock container terminal in Brit

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The independent board that monitors Teamsters union activ

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Canadian Pacific Railway is moving quickly to seal its ac